Jakarta – Hutomo Mandala Putra, better known as Tommy Suharto, is grateful that the Berkarya Party was given number seven on the 2019 general election ballot.

Two Indonesian Christians were publicly flogged in conservative Aceh province Tuesday for playing a children's entertainment game seen as violating Islamic law, as hundreds of onlookers

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – Australia and East Timor will sign a landmark agreement aimed at opening the way to share revenue from the $50 billion Greater Sunrise oil and gas field in th

Today was the first courtroom hearing in former Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama's judicial review (PK) of the guilty verdict in his controversial blasphemy trial.

East Timor and Australia have reached an agreement for a treaty on their disputed maritime border and on a "pathway" to develop the giant Greater Sunrise offshore gas fields, the Perman

Jakarta – More than nine months after being convicted of blasphemy, former Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has officially challenged his conviction through a case review

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde on Monday called on Indonesia to empower more women to increase their

David Lawder, Jakarta – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Monday called on Indonesia to boost its potential growth rate and channel revenues to more dev

Chitra Paramesti, Jakarta – National Secretary of the Migrant Workers Network Savitri Wisnuwardhani said the number case of migrant workers abroad without complete documents is increasi

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) along with the Press Council will work with the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and the General Electio

Jakarta definitely has the some of the worst, most maddening traffic in the world – nobody is denying that.

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is once again running for, well, president.

Jakarta – Citra Langgeng Otomotif, Indonesia's authorized Ferrari distributor, is optimistic about its sales prospects this year as it continues to strengthen its presence within its sp

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Trafficked to Malaysia, forced to sleep outside with a dog before dying from serious injuries – the latest abuse case involving an Indonesian maid highlights a failure to protect domest

Ben Westcott – When Ael left home to go to school in Jakarta, his parents warned him to be careful in the big city. "Be a kind person," his mother told him.

Liam Gammon – In the past couple of months, a regular feature of the right wing (for lack of a better term) Indonesian Facebook groups I follow has been "news" of attempted attacks on u

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Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – Alvara Research Institute Director Hasanuddin Ali said the age group with the highest level of satisfaction with the government of President Joko Widodo or

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho stated that 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang coincides with the peak of

Robertus Robet – While most of Indonesian civil society was up in arms about controversial revisions to the Criminal Code (KUHP) last week, the national legislature quietly went about p

Faizal Assegaf would once have been considered an important ally of Rizieq Shihab, the fugitive founder of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI).

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Even though President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has not signed a recent amendment to the 2014 Legislative Law, it will still be enacted, a legal expert said on Frid

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Mardani Ali Sera has clarified a statement by sacked Alumni Presidium 212 founder Faizal Assegaf who said that Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan used Islamic

Sheany, Jakarta – The finalization of the current draft revisions to the criminal code, or KUHP, will have a serious impact on human rights in the archipelago, Usman Hamid, executive di

Sheany, Jakarta – Indonesia failed to address past human rights violations despite promises from top officials and commitments by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, a new report on Thursda

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – A top Indonesian marine scientist has said that Indonesia is planning to conduct a large-scale research study aimed at challenging international findings tha

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Overwhelmed by tides of waste and decades of mass tourism, to some, the Indonesian island of Bali is a paradise long lost.

Sheany, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia on Thursday (22/02) pointed out that the government's approach to tackle hate speech in the country has blindsided minority groups.

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesian President Jokowi Widodo has won the backing of the nation's biggest political party for a second term in office.

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Recently sacked founder of the Presidium Alumni 212, Faizal Assegaf, has accused Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan of using Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) lea

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has delayed signing a draft law that would allow parliament to crack down on criticism aimed at its members or the legislature, suggesting it

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Around 300 academicians, comprising lecturers, professors and students, from Yogyakarta have called on Arief Hidayat to step down from his position as Con

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – The Human Rights Commission or Komnas HAM is still processing the report on the findings of 162 mass grave sites of 1965 massacre victims.

Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – The People Conscience Party (Hanura) Chairman Oesman Sapto Odang announced the Board of Trustees Party Chairman Wiranto as vice president to be promoted in

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – Air quality in Dumai regency, Riau has worsened, with the latest air quality index showing a moderate level of pollution resulting from recent fires in surrou

Abi Sarwanto, Jakarta – United Development Party (PPP) chairperson Muhammad Romahurmuziy suspects that there is a "powerful individual" behind the recent spate of attacks on Islamic sch

Sheany, Jakarta – Din Syamsuddin, chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council, or MUI, Advisory Board, said on Wednesday (21/02) that recent incidents against religious leaders and places

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The 212 Alumni spokesman Aminuddin demanded the 212 alumni brotherhood (PA 212) to issue an official apology for spreading misleading information regarding the ho

There had been talk that the fugitive founder of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Rizieq Shihab, would be flying back to Indonesia from his hiding place of Saudi Arabia this morning s

While Indonesia is often criticized for its draconian online censorship laws, the country also has a big problem with fake news and hoaxes being spread online (like much of the world).

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesians would do well to keep to their official national motto, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, or unity in diversity, ahead of June's regional elections and next ye

One of the nicknames for Yogyakarta is "City of Tolerance", reflecting the history of the special region's capital as a place of culture, learning and pluralism.

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) revealed why he has yet signed the Law on the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), House of Representatives (DPR), and Region

Jakarta (Antara) – Gerindra Party Deputy Chairman Fadli Zon responds to a survey institute that conducted a poll by pairing Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto with Joko Widodo.

Anne Barker – For a man held up as a national hero, relatively little is written about Nicolau dos Reis Lobato – especially outside East Timor.

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Women's involvement in politics is currently still relying on family ties or kinship politics, which also applies at the 2018 Regional Elections.

The West Papua National Liberation Army's central command in the Papuan Highlands has made a fresh declaration of war against Indonesian military.

Amanda Hodge, Nivell Rayda – Indonesia says the US has undertaken to lift the remaining restrictions on engagement with Indonesia's Kopassus special forces, ending a 19-year ban on the

Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – General Secretary of Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Jakarta Novel Bamukmin said that if God wills, FPI leader Rizieq Shihab may become the next President of